Strong to severe thunderstorms developed across Southeast South Carolina as a mid-level shortwave encountered a moderately unstable atmosphere along with deep levels of moisture.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.
Strong to severe thunderstorms developed across Southeast South Carolina as a mid-level shortwave encountered a moderately unstable atmosphere along with deep levels of moisture.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 8, 12:29 PM EST, 43 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Charleston SC 414 AM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-090815- Jenkins-Screven-Candler-Bulloch-Effingham-Tattnall-Evans- Inland Bryan-Coastal Bryan-Inland Chatham-Coastal Chatham-Long- Inland Liberty-Coastal Liberty-Inland McIntosh-Coastal McIntosh- Allendale-Hampton-Inland Colleton-Dorchester-Inland Berkeley- Inland Jasper-Beaufort-Coastal Colleton-Charleston-Coastal Jasper- Tidal Berkeley- 414 AM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Georgia and southeast South Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Heavy Rain: Numerous to widespread showers and thunderstorms will develop across the forecast area today into tonight. These storms could produce periods of torrential downpours, possibly producing localized flooding of poor drainage areas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Heavy Rain: Excessive rainfall remains possible Sunday through midweek, with localized flooding of poor drainage areas the primary hazard. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter assistance is not anticipated at this time. AMZ330-350-352-354-374-090815- Charleston Harbor- Waters from South Santee River to Edisto Beach SC out 20 NM- Waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA out 20 NM- Waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA out 20 NM, including Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary- Waters from Savannah GA to Altamaha Sound GA from 20 to 60 NM- 414 AM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter assistance is not anticipated at this time.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
102 PM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019
GAZ101-081730-
Effingham-
102 PM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EFFINGHAM COUNTY...
At 102 PM EDT, National Weather Service doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm near Shawnee, or near Springfield, moving
northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...strong winds 45 to 55 mph.
IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of
light, unsecured objects.
Some locations in the path of this storm include...
Guyton, Shawnee and Clyo.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 15 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
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LAT...LON 3257 8136 3256 8130 3255 8129 3256 8129
3256 8128 3253 8127 3252 8123 3250 8123
3246 8119 3243 8121 3234 8141 3239 8148
TIME...MOT...LOC 1702Z 228DEG 12KT 3243 8136
SPRThe Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 3 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:12 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down.
A tree was reported down near the intersection of Calf Pen Bay Road and Firetower Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Carolina in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in South Carolina, June 2019
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 831388, 831390.